CACHINNATE

cachinnate

(verb) laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

cachinnate (third-person singular simple present cachinnates, present participle cachinnating, simple past and past participle cachinnated)

(intransitive) To laugh loudly, immoderately, or too often.

Synonym: guffaw

Source: Wiktionary



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